Not having the camera is making me dive deeper and deeper in the junk box, looking for something worth processing and showing. Tonight the surprise was terrific, because I found this picture of some seagulls in Chiclana (Cádiz). It had been there, forgotten for a long time, because when I shot it I wasn't able to process it properly. But as I use to say, "when the picture is there, it is there and you only have to find it". You may like it or not, but I have to say it is one of the pictures I'm proud of. I took it during a session with the kids at the beach (Playa de la Barrosa); suddenly I looked at the sky and I saw them, coming to me as if they escaped from the moon; so acting on instinct I framed, focused and shot. Simple as that. An this is the result, once I've learnt the basics of photo-processing... Delighted to dive into the junk box!

El Inquilino has received two awards- Paco Sales has awarded us with the "Primavera award". Thank you very much Paco, I hope someday I'll get the grasp of your technical skills and that sensibility that helps you to find always the best framing and that makes me breathless and keeps my mouth open in admiration.

- Pablo R, from A golpes de pedal has awarded us with the Sunshine Award. Thanks a lot Pablo, for making us enjoy something so exciting as Mountain Bike with good texts, good pictures and good videos; and especially with that passion that can be found in each post of your blog.

I think what's fair in this case is to share these awards with you, who have visited El Inquilino for more than a year, backing me up in my doubts, concerns and experiments along the quest of that shot that grasps the viewer's attention. So these are for you, and for you is my last experiment, that tries to be a "pure" HDR, not wanting to alter reality with a processing that's far away of my skills but trying to capture the whole range of light and color that only our eye is able to see in moments as magical as this one.

Lo bueno es que, antes de romperse, pude fotografiar este momento cuando Africa decidió amanecer en San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid). Teniendo esta ventana en mi casa, ¿quién necesita viajar?----My camera broke, and it's now in hands of Nikon's Technical Service. They call me today to provide the budget and now it's a matter of waiting until they fix it and give it back to me. I haven't shot for more than a week and it's worst than quitting smoking!...

The good thing is that, before breaking down, I could capture this moment when Africa decided to dawn in San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid, Spain). Having this window at home, who needs to travel?

There are moments when the best you can do is to stop and have a siesta (I think "nap" is the English word); once you wake up you usually see everything looks better that before and we have an extra shot of energy to face the rest of the day...